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HOWTO: Nexus 5548UP Upgrade Process – v5.x to v7.x

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This will cover how to upgrade a Cisco Nexus 55548UP switch from NX-OS v5.2.1.N1.6 to v7.0.1.N1.1. notifications of new posts by email.
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You have downloaded the appropriate files from Cisco, namely:
n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.0.1.N1.1.bin
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You have a tFTP server such as tFTPd available and configured, with the above files in the fTFTP
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2) Run a “dir” to verify there is sufficient free space for the new files. We show about 1.2GB free based on
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3) Ensure that “mgmt0” has an IP as well as vrf “management” has a working route:
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CDR-NEXUS5K-01# copy tftp://172.21.201.50/n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.0.1.N1.1.bin bootflash:n5000-uk9-
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CDR-NEXUS5K-01# copy tftp://172.21.201.50/n5000-uk9.7.0.1.N1.1.bin bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.0.1.N1.1.bin

vrf management

Trying to connect to tftp server……

Connection to Server Established.

TFTP get operation was successful

Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)…

5) Run “install all” on the kickstart file:

CDR-NEXUS5K-01# install all kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart-7.0.1.N1.1.bin system
bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.0.1.N1.1.bin

After answering YES to continue, the switch will finish and then reboot. As you’re connected via the mgmt0
IP and not the console, your PuTTY session will disconnect, and you won’t see the boot process.

6) Log back into the switch:

7) Verify the upgrade with a “show version”:

Note we’re now on v7.0(1)N1(1) as expected.

I do not have a second unit in my test environment to confirm any dual switch / vPC configurations and how
they upgrade. My assumptions to watch for would be:

You may not be able to jump from v5.x to v7.x directly and reboot one node at a time. You may have
to go to v5.x/v6.x/v7.x
You may need to perform your upgrade in a particular way.

Theoretically though, you would simply login to the second switch after everything settles (maybe give it 5-15
minutes) and upgrade the other switch.
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